What is the time difference between San Francisco and Bangalore?
Bangalore is 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of San Francisco today. San Francisco is on UTC−7, Bangalore on UTC+5:30. The difference changes on Sunday, November 1, 2026.
San Francisco to Bangalore: time difference and best time to meet
Bangalore is 12 hours 30 minutes ahead of San Francisco right now.
When it is 9:00 AM in San Francisco, it is 9:30 PM in Bangalore. The green band on each scale is the working day, 9 AM to 6 PM. Drag a scale until both bands sit on the red line.
Hours that work for both
The working days of San Francisco and Bangalore do not overlap. Outside office hours, both are awake (7 AM–10 PM) 7:00 AM–9:30 AM in San Francisco (7:30 PM–10:00 PM in Bangalore), or 6:30 PM–10:00 PM in San Francisco (7:00 AM–10:30 AM in Bangalore).
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When the difference changes
San Francisco and Bangalore do not change their clocks on the same day, so the difference is not always 12 hours 30 minutes:
- from Sunday, November 1, 2026 it is 13 hours 30 minutes (was 12 hours 30 minutes)
- from Sunday, March 14, 2027 it is 12 hours 30 minutes (was 13 hours 30 minutes)
The scales above already follow these dates: drag to any day in the next two weeks and the difference shown is the one for that day.
Questions
What is the best time for a call between San Francisco and Bangalore?
Their 9-to-6 working days do not overlap. Outside office hours, both are awake 7:00 AM–9:30 AM in San Francisco (7:30 PM–10:00 PM in Bangalore), or 6:30 PM–10:00 PM in San Francisco (7:00 AM–10:30 AM in Bangalore).
When it is 9:00 AM in San Francisco, what time is it in Bangalore?
9:30 PM. And when it is 9:00 AM in Bangalore, it is 8:30 PM in San Francisco.
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